Gleditschia
a genus of plants, order Fabacex. They are trees, with Fabaceæ. They are trees, with supra-axillary, supra-axillary, branched spines; leaves -pinnate, often in the same specimen. G. triacanthus, the , is a fine ornamental tree, native from Pennsylvania to Missouri, and now common in cultivation. Its branches are armed with stout, triple favorable circumstances it attains the height of 70 feet. The with which its branches are armed in a most formidable manner, are 2 to 3 inches long . Foliage light and elegant, the flowers are small, white, succeeded by flat, crooked hanging pods.
Seeds flat, hard , brown, imbedded in a fleshy substance; at first sweet, but becomes sour.